The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named a crater at the Moon’s south pole after the Arctic explorer Matthew Henson.
- Henson Crater is in the same region the Artemis program aims to land the next slate of lunar explorers, which will be selected from NASA’s increasingly diverse astronaut pool.
- Matthew Henson was a Black man who in 1909 was one of the first people to stand at the very top of the world.
- Henson was on the front lines of almost a dozen Arctic expeditions organized by Robert Peary over the course of 18 years, including the one that ultimately reached the North Pole.
- However, because many were hesitant to credit a Black man with successfully completing a mission that many others had attempted and failed for centuries, there was controversy that diminished Henson’s role, often giving credit to Peary instead.
(Source: NASA)
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